J&L Automotive (609) 704‑8211
Automotive machine shop

The machine shop other shops use.

Machine work for small to mid-size engines: boring, pressure checks, heads, rods, pistons and king pins.

The pressure test rig: a large gauge over a pegboard of adapters and fittings
Past a wrench and a scanner

Where the hard engine work goes.

The typical run-of-the-mill mechanic outsources the complex engine jobs. This is the shop that takes them.

Whether an engine needs a complete reconditioning or just one valve worked on, the machine shop will get it done, right next to the bays where it came out.

The work order

Machine work, in-house.

Boring

Cylinders bored to size for a rebuild or a bigger displacement.

Pressure checks

Heads and blocks pressure-tested for cracks and leaks before the work goes further.

Cylinder head reconditioning

Heads brought back so they seal and run like they should.

Rod reconditioning

Connecting rods reconditioned for the rebuild.

Piston fitting

Pistons fitted to the bores they’ll live in.

King pin bushing honing

King pin bushings honed for a proper fit.

On the bench

Blocks, heads, cranks.

A V8 block on a stand in the machine shop, bores cleaned
A V8 block on the stand
An aluminum cylinder head with the valve seats exposed
Cylinder head, valves out
Several crankshafts and camshafts standing on end
Cranks and cams
A Winona Van Norman machine with its control panel and a hoist chain beside it
Van Norman machine
Cylinder heads and camshafts under the air tools at the head bench
The head bench
Two cylinder heads and a row of valves on the bench
Heads and valves, ready to go back together
Straight six or V-8

From a serious cleaning to a total rebuild.

The equipment and the skills to do all of the work, under one roof on Tenth Street.

Questions

Straight answers.

Anything else? Call (609) 704‑8211.

Do you take machine work from other shops?

Yes. Mechanics send out the complex engine work, and this is one of the places it comes.

What size engines?

Small to mid-size engines. Call with what you have and the shop will tell you straight.

Can you do just one valve?

Yes. Whether the engine needs a complete reconditioning or one valve worked on, bring it in.

Get it in the shop

Got an engine that needs work?

Call with the engine, what it came out of and what you want done.

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